PowerSchool begins notifying students and teachers

PowerSchool begins notifying students and teachers after massive data breach
The edtech giant is notifying state attorneys general about the breach but won’t say how many individuals have been affected
PowerSchool Notice of Data Breach
In compliance with State laws, the purpose of this notice is to share some important information regarding a recent cybersecurity incident involving personal information belonging to current or former students and teachers ("individuals") of schools that use or used software called PowerSchool Student Information System (SIS).
PowerSchool Confirms Breach: Was Your Kid's Data Exposed?
Education technology giant PowerSchool has confirmed a data breach that may have exposed information on millions of schoolchildren, putting them at risk of identity theft. PowerSchool has over 18,000 clients,
PowerSchool starts notifying victims of massive data breach
Education software giant PowerSchool has started notifying individuals in the U.S. and Canada whose personal data was exposed in a late December 2024 cyberattack.
Data breach hitting PowerSchool looks very, very bad
Bleeping Computer on Wednesday also reported that an extortion note the attacker sent to PowerSchool claimed that the personal data of 62.4 million students and 9.5 million teachers was swept up in the breach. PowerSchool said it’s offering two years of free credit monitoring to all those affected.
PowerSchool Breach Affected 33,000 Maine Residents
At least nine school districts in Maine notified families of the data breach on education software company PowerSchool in December, which might have exposed names, birthdates and Social Security numbers.
PowerSchool data breach a ‘statewide issue,’ 300K+ teachers’ social security numbers exposed
Professor noted the need for continued pushes for multi-factor authentication for educational services that require such extensive identifying information.
More than 33,000 Maine residents affected by PowerSchool data breach, filing states
An attorney filed the notification on behalf of PowerSchool, a software company that makes products used by thousands of schools across the country.
PowerSchool warns state officials more than 9,000 NH residents affected by data breach
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PowerSchool data breach hits BCHS
Beaverhead County High School's student and employee information were included in a cybersecurity data breach of the PowerSchool web-based student information system, officials said.
Individual notices starting to go out about PowerSchool data breach
If you're a student or teacher — or were one in the past few decades — you may soon be getting a head's up that your personal information was accessed as part of the widespread PowerSchool cyber breach that recently hit Canadian school boards.
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